This last Saturday, our 2011 Spring Urban Living Ride Series came to an end with our final ride the Taste of Downtown #2. While the series is ending a little early, we had a nice crowd of 30 riders that was extremely diverse in age, background, and bikes ridden. It made me proud to have riders from 5 years old to 64.

We are also pleased to announce Katie Malinski of Austin as the winner of our Gazelle Basic 5 Speed Dutch bike. Congrats, Katie!

Now that the series has come to an end, we will be having one more event, a sales on our rental and demo bikes as well as accessories this Saturday, 10 AM to 4 PM. More about the sale including bike & accessory info here.

I want to thank our series sponsors again for supporting this project and helping to make it a reality.

I also want to thank Austin Java at City Hall for hosting the majority of the rides and bike demo days and for providing coffee and some great post ride schwag.

In addition, I want to thank the following businesses who sponsored stops on our rides or helped in the production of rides.

• Art on 5th
• Austin Details Art + Photo
• Beets Cafe
• Boggy Creek Farm
• Buy By Bike
• Castle Hill Fitness
• Cypress Vanguard
• Delish
• Dive Bar and Lounge
• Downtown Austin Blog
• East Side Yoga
• Froots
• Gonzo Juice
• Halcyon Coffee Bar Lounge
• Hope Market
• How Do You Roll?
• Polkadots Cupcake Factory
• SFC Farmer’s Market- Downtown
• Skinny’s Ballroom
• Sugar Mama’s Bakeshop
• The Tavern
• The Upper Decks
• Wally Workman Gallery
• West Elm
• Whole Earth Provisions
• Women and Their Work
• Zandunga Mexican Bistro

This spring was a lot of fun, and I hope we helped you re-discover the simple pleasure of riding a bike with friends. Thanks.